Insurance Refund Action Returns To State Court

By Hilary Russ

Law360, New York (December 14, 2009, 3:37 PM ET) -- Plaintiffs in a putative class action alleging Southern Pioneer Life Insurance Co. failed to refund portions of their premiums have won over a federal judge in their quest to return the case in state court.

Granting a motion to remand by named plaintiffs Danny and Irma Thomas, Judge William R. Wilson Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas on Friday sent the case back to the Circuit Court of Greene County, Ark.

Southern Pioneer had gotten the case removed to federal...
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